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Top papers by Abstract Accesses last month (2026-10)

Paper	Accesses
Missions, Education and Conversion in Colonial Africa Felix Meier zu Selhausen	66
African Economic Growth 1900-50: Historical National Accounts for British Colonial Africa Morten Jerven	63
The Khohkoi Population: A Review of Evidence and Two New Estimates Sumner La Croix	53
Labour, capital and property rights in a land abundant peasant economy: Explaining the relative success of Native Purchase farmers in Southern Rhodesia, c. 1930-1960 Erik Green, Mark Nyandoro	49
Raising Capital to Raise Crops: Slave Emancipation and Agricultural Output in the Cape Colony Igor Martins	42
Up the River: International Slave Trades and the Transformations of Slavery in Africa Warren C. Whatley	41
Colonialism and development in Africa Leander Heldring, James A. Robinson	35
COLONIAL ORIGINS OF THE THREEFOLD REALITY OF MOCAMBIQUE: FISCAL CAPACITY AND LABOUR SYSTEMS Kleoniki Alexopoulou, Dacil Juif	32
INCOME INEQUALITY IN COLONIAL AFRICA: BUILDING SOCIAL TABLES FOR PRE-INDEPENDENCE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, IVORY COAST AND SENEGAL Guido Alfani, Federico Tadei	26
From coercion to comppensation: Institutional responses to labour scarcity in teh Central African copperbelt Dacil Juif, Ewout Frankema	25

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Top papers by Downloads last month (2026-10)

Paper	Downloads
The Khohkoi Population: A Review of Evidence and Two New Estimates Sumner La Croix	45
MINING, PATERNALISM AND THE SPREAD OF EDUCATION IN THE CONGO SINCE 1920 Dácil Juif	20
Was Slavery a Flexible Form of Labour? Division of Labour and Location Specific Skills on the Eastern Cape Frontier Calumet Links, Erik Green, Johan Fourie	8
African Economic Growth 1900-50: Historical National Accounts for British Colonial Africa Morten Jerven	4
Missions, Education and Conversion in Colonial Africa Felix Meier zu Selhausen	3
The Great Divergence in South Africa: Population and Wealth Dynamics Over Two Centuries Dieter von Fintel, Johan Fourie	3
African Socialism; or the Search for an Indigenous Model of Economic Development Emmanuel Akyeampong	3
Serving God and Mammon: The ‘Minerals-Railway Complex’ and its effects on colonial public finances in the British Cape Colony, 1810-1910 Abel Gwaindepi	2
Tax Stabilisation, Trade and Political Transitions in Francophone West Africa over 120 Years Jens Andersson	2
Economic Inequality in Ghana, 1891-1960 Prince Young Aboagye, Jutta Bolt	2

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Top papers by Abstract Accesses last 3 months (2026-08 to 2026-10)

Paper	Accesses
The Khohkoi Population: A Review of Evidence and Two New Estimates Sumner La Croix	178
African Economic Growth 1900-50: Historical National Accounts for British Colonial Africa Morten Jerven	155
Missions, Education and Conversion in Colonial Africa Felix Meier zu Selhausen	111
Raising Capital to Raise Crops: Slave Emancipation and Agricultural Output in the Cape Colony Igor Martins	83
Labour, capital and property rights in a land abundant peasant economy: Explaining the relative success of Native Purchase farmers in Southern Rhodesia, c. 1930-1960 Erik Green, Mark Nyandoro	77
Colonialism and development in Africa Leander Heldring, James A. Robinson	74
INCOME INEQUALITY IN COLONIAL AFRICA: BUILDING SOCIAL TABLES FOR PRE-INDEPENDENCE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, IVORY COAST AND SENEGAL Guido Alfani, Federico Tadei	62
Up the River: International Slave Trades and the Transformations of Slavery in Africa Warren C. Whatley	61
The Economics of Missionary Expansion: Evidence from Africa and Implications for Development Rémi Jedwab, Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Alexander Moradi	59
COLONIAL ORIGINS OF THE THREEFOLD REALITY OF MOCAMBIQUE: FISCAL CAPACITY AND LABOUR SYSTEMS Kleoniki Alexopoulou, Dacil Juif	59

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Top papers by Downloads last 3 months (2026-08 to 2026-10)

Paper	Downloads
The Khohkoi Population: A Review of Evidence and Two New Estimates Sumner La Croix	47
MINING, PATERNALISM AND THE SPREAD OF EDUCATION IN THE CONGO SINCE 1920 Dácil Juif	26
African Economic Growth 1900-50: Historical National Accounts for British Colonial Africa Morten Jerven	9
Was Slavery a Flexible Form of Labour? Division of Labour and Location Specific Skills on the Eastern Cape Frontier Calumet Links, Erik Green, Johan Fourie	8
The Great Divergence in South Africa: Population and Wealth Dynamics Over Two Centuries Dieter von Fintel, Johan Fourie	8
Economic Inequality in Ghana, 1891-1960 Prince Young Aboagye, Jutta Bolt	6
Missions, Education and Conversion in Colonial Africa Felix Meier zu Selhausen	5
Tax Stabilisation, Trade and Political Transitions in Francophone West Africa over 120 Years Jens Andersson	5
African Socialism; or the Search for an Indigenous Model of Economic Development Emmanuel Akyeampong	3
The Economics of Missionary Expansion: Evidence from Africa and Implications for Development Rémi Jedwab, Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Alexander Moradi	3
Tax Compliance under Indirect Rule in British Africa Jutta Bolt, Leigh Gardner	3

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Top papers by Abstract Accesses all months (from 2013-04)

Paper	Accesses
Missions, Education and Conversion in Colonial Africa Felix Meier zu Selhausen	902
African Economic Growth 1900-50: Historical National Accounts for British Colonial Africa Morten Jerven	884
Colonialism and development in Africa Leander Heldring, James A. Robinson	859
Borders that Divide: Education and Religion in Ghana and Togo since Colonial Times Denis Cogneau, Alexander Moradi	815
The Khohkoi Population: A Review of Evidence and Two New Estimates Sumner La Croix	769
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and the Evolution of Political Authority in West Africa Warren C. Whatley	739
Tracing the uneven diffusion of missionary education in colonial Uganda: European influences, African realities, and the pitfalls of church record data Michiel de Haas, Ewout Frankema	707
FINANCING THE AFRICAN COLONIAL STATE: THE REVENUE IMPERATIVE AND FORCED LABOUR Marlous van Waijenburg	705
Historical patterns of economic growth in Africa: A review Morten Jerven	667
The Economics of Missionary Expansion: Evidence from Africa and Implications for Development Rémi Jedwab, Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Alexander Moradi	666

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Top papers by Downloads all months (from 2013-04)

Paper	Downloads
The Khohkoi Population: A Review of Evidence and Two New Estimates Sumner La Croix	104
The Great Divergence in South Africa: Population and Wealth Dynamics Over Two Centuries Dieter von Fintel, Johan Fourie	68
MINING, PATERNALISM AND THE SPREAD OF EDUCATION IN THE CONGO SINCE 1920 Dácil Juif	65
Missions, Education and Conversion in Colonial Africa Felix Meier zu Selhausen	58
Was Slavery a Flexible Form of Labour? Division of Labour and Location Specific Skills on the Eastern Cape Frontier Calumet Links, Erik Green, Johan Fourie	51
Tax Stabilisation, Trade and Political Transitions in Francophone West Africa over 120 Years Jens Andersson	50
Serving God and Mammon: The ‘Minerals-Railway Complex’ and its effects on colonial public finances in the British Cape Colony, 1810-1910 Abel Gwaindepi	48
An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade: The Effects of an Import Ban on Cape Colony Slaveholders Igor Martins	43
The Economics of Missionary Expansion: Evidence from Africa and Implications for Development Rémi Jedwab, Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Alexander Moradi	31
Tax Compliance under Indirect Rule in British Africa Jutta Bolt, Leigh Gardner	30

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